The DVLA has been attempting to improve its driving licence checking system after British holidaymakers complained of difficulties in hiring cars abroad. In the biggest change since the introduction ...

Including if you can be fined for having the wrong licence PAPER driving licences were no more in 1998 with thousands of Brits swapping to a paper and plastic hybrid model. In 2015 the paper licence ...

The paper counterpart to the driving licence has been scrapped today. The document, which includes details of a motorist's penalty points and what types of vehicles they can drive, was abolished at ...

In 2015 the paper counterpart to photo card driving licences will be phased out, as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) continues with its drive to digitise motoring records. According to ...

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The DVLA is ditching the counterpart to photocard driving licences from 8th June. The Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is abolishing the paper counterpart which accompanies a photocard ...

I read your article regarding the removal of the paper tax disk. At the bottom of the story it states: "The paper element of the driving licence, which accompanies the credit card size photo-card, is ...

Since the introduction of the photocard driving licence in 1998, the UK driving licence has come in two parts. One is the photocard driving licence and the other is the paper counterpart. That paper ...